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The following invitation was also read from the Chair : — 

 " Belgia]*^ Naturalists in England. — Any Fellow of the 

 Lin Mean Society who is acquainted with any Belgian Botanist or 

 Zoologist now in England, is requested to communicate with the 

 General Secretary, who will submit the name to a Committee 

 appointed by the Council for the purpose. 



"The Committee are empowered to invite Belgian Botanists 

 and Zoologists (whether Ladies or Gentlemen) to attend the 

 Meetings of the Society, and to make use of the Library, under 

 certain restrictions as to borrowing books. Notices of the 

 Meetings will be seJit to them during their stay in this country." 



On behalf of Mr. S. Leonard Bastin, a series of lantern-slides 

 was shown by the General Secretary, illustrating Dodder attacking 

 a plant of Ked Clover, froui the first groping of the shoot deve- 

 loped from the seed, its grip on tlie host, its relinquishment of its 

 connection with the soil, and the rapid invasion and envelopment 

 of the host-plaut. 



Mr. A. D. Cotton, F.L.S., explained the scope of his paper on 

 "The Algae, Lichens, and Eungi of the West Falkland Islands, 

 from Mrs. Eupert Vallentin's Collectioas/' illustrated with 

 specimens, drawings, and lantern- slides. He explained that 

 a large collection had been made by Mrs. Valleutin from 1909 

 to 1911, and had been presented by her to the Eoyal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew ; the present paper dealt with those cryptogams 

 mentioned in the title, the Mosses and Hepaticae being reserved 

 for later work. 



The President having opened the Discussion, Prof. G. S. Boulger 

 contributed a few remarks, and showed a series of views and 

 plant- portraits made by his father-in-law, Mr. Thomas Havers, 

 who was connected v\ith the Falkland Islands and Fuegia in the 

 fifties of the last century. Dr. Rendle also spoke, and Mr. Cotton 

 briefly replied. 



November 19th, 1914. 



Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 5th November, 1914, 

 were read and confirmed. 



The following proposed alterations in the Bye-Laws, recom- 

 mended by the Council, were read from the Chair for the second 

 time : — 



Chap. XIIL Sect. 1, shall be repealed, and the following 

 substituted : — 



The General or Ordinary Meetings of the Society shall be 



